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melody

English

Etymology

From Middle English melodie, melodye, from Old French melodie, from Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek ??????? (mel?idí?, singing, chanting), from ????? (mélos, musical phrase) + ????? (aoid?, song), contracted form ??? (?id?).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?mel.?.di/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?m?l.?.di/

Noun

melody (plural melodies)

  1. tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase

Synonyms

  • (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase): tune

Derived terms

  • melodic
  • melodious
  • melodium

Related terms

  • melodrama

Coordinate terms

  • harmony
  • rhythm
  • tone color

Translations

See also

  • scale
  • tune
  • harmony
  • music

Anagrams

  • moyled

melody From the web:

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countersubject

English

Etymology

counter- +? subject

Noun

countersubject (plural countersubjects)

  1. (music) The secondary melody in contrapuntal music

Translations

countersubject From the web:

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  • what does countersubject mean
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  • what is a countersubject in a fugue
  • countersubject music definition
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